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Submitted by TnS 1559d ago | news

Cryptic Sells Heroes and Villains to NCsoft

Cryptic Studios, developer of the City of Heroes and City of Villains massively-multiplayer online role-playing games, has sold its rights to those properties to NCsoft, the games' publisher.

NCsoft, which also publishes the Tabula Rasa and Lineage II MMOs, said it plans to continue to the online superhero series with "expansions and sequels."

The company has formed a new studio around the acquisition in Mountain View, Calif., which will include key members of the City of Heroes development teams. (City of Heroes, City of Villains, Industry, PC)

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